Educational Standards met on Marine Science Adventures Field Trip 4 th Grade Describe the interdependence of plants and animals. Describe behaviors and body structures that help animals survive in aquatic habitats. Trace the flow of energy through a food chain. Identify characteristics of organisms, including growth and development, reproduction, acquisition and use of energy, and response to the environment. (4 th grade: science- content standard 5) Describe geological features of earth, including bodies of water, beaches, ocean ridges, continental shelves and sand dunes. (4 th grade: science- content standard 7) 6 th Grade Identify global patterns of atmospheric movement, including El Nino, the Gulf Stream, the jet stream, the Coriolis effect, and global winds that influence local weather. (6 th grade: science- content standard 1) Describe factors that cause changes to Earth s surface over time. Examples: weathering, erosion, water flow, hurricanes. Comparing constructive and destructive natural processes and their effects on land formations. Examples: destructive-erosion by wind and water. (6 th grade: science- content standard 2) Describe layers of the oceanic hydrosphere, including the pelagic zone, benthic zone, abyssal zone, and intertidal zone. (6 th grade: science- content standard 5)
Describe regions of the oceanic lithosphere, including the continental shelf, continental slope, and abyssal plain. (6 th grade: science- content standard 6) Identify the moon s phases Relating effects of the moon s positions on oceanic tides. (6 th grade: science- content standard 9) 7 th grade Describe characteristics common to living things, including growth and development, reproduction, cellular organization, use of energy, exchange of gases, and response to the environment. Predicting how an organism s behavior impacts the environment. Identifying unicellular organisms by their methods of locomotion, reproduction, ingestion, excretion, and effects on other organisms. (7 th grade: science- content standard 1) Describe organisms in the six-kingdom classification by their characteristics. (7 th grade: science- content standard 4) Describe major differences between plants and animals, including internal structures, external structures, methods of locomotion, methods of reproduction, and stages of development. (7 th grade: science- content standard 5) Describe evidence of species variation due to climate, changing landforms, interspecies interaction, and genetic mutation. (7 th grade: science- content standard 6)
Describe biotic and abiotic factors in the environment. Arranging the sequence of energy flow in an ecosystem through food webs, food chains, and energy pyramids. (7 th grade: science- content standard 7) 9 th -12 th grade Explain natural phenomena that shape the surface of the earth, including erosion and deposition, weathering, hurricanes, and tides. (9 th -12 th grade: Geology elective- content standard 3) Describe the topography of the sea floor and the continents. (9 th -12 th grade: Geology elective- content standard 3) (9 th -12 th grade: Marine Biology elective- content standard 3) Describe the movement and storage of water in terms of watersheds, rainfall, surface runoff, aquifers, and surface water reservoirs. (9th-12 th grade: Geology elective- content standard 9) Explain the interaction of the continuous processes of waves, tides, and winds with the coastal environment. Identify the impact of weather on coastal regions. Example: hurricanes destroying sand dunes. Identifying the positive and negative impacts of humans on coastal regions. Examples: Positive- shoreline protection Negative- buildings replacing protective dunes (9 th -12 th grade: Geology elective- content standard 14) Identify the influence of human population, technology, and cultural and industrial changes on the environment.
(9 th -12 th grade: Environmental elective- content standard 1) Evaluate fossil fuels for their effectiveness as energy resources. Identify by-products of the combustion of fossil fuels like mercury. Identifying effects of fossil fuel by-products on the environment. (9 th -12 th grade: Environmental elective- content standard 2) Describe properties of water that make it a universal solvent. (9 th -12 th grade: Environmental elective- content standard 5) Identify reasons coastal waters serve as an important resource Examples: economic stability, biodiversity, recreation Classifying biota of estuaries, marshes, tidal pools, wetlands, beaches, and inlets. (9 th -12 th grade: Environmental elective- content standard 7) Describe agents of erosion, including moving water, gravity, and wind. Describe methods of preventing soil erosion. Example: constructing and providing barriers. (9 th -12 th grade: Environmental elective- content standard 11) Identify positive and negative effects of human activities on biodiversity. Identifying endangered and extinct species. Identify causes for species extinctions (9 th -12 th grade: Environmental elective- content standard 12) (9-12 th grade: Marine Biology elective- content standard 11) Differentiate among freshwater, brackish water, and saltwater ecosystems. Identifying chemical, geological, and physical features of aquatic systems. (9 th -12 th grade: Aquascience elective- content standard 1) (9 th -12 th grade: Marine Biology elective- content standard 2)
Relate geological and hydrological phenomena to aquatic systems. (9 th -12 th grade: Aquascience elective- content standard 2) Explain the importance of biogeochemical cycles in an aquatic environment. (9 th -12 th grade: Aquascience electice- content standard 3) Determine important properties and content of water as related to aquaculture. Examples: turbidity, ph, pollutants, dissolved oxygen, density, temperature. Describe the influence of water on aquaculture. Examples: aquatic plant control, water quality mgmt., ph control (9 th -12 th grade: Aquascience elective- content standard 4) Identify the genotype and phenotype for specific characteristics in aquatic animals resulting from selective breeding. Explaining the importance of anatomy and physiology in aquaculture. (9 th -12 th grade: Aquascience elective- content standard 5) Describe adaptations that allow organisms to exist in specific aquatic environments. (9 th -12 th grade: Aquascience elective- content standard 6) Describe processes and environmental characteristics that affect growth rates of aquatic animals. Examples: reproductive habits, feeding habits, interdependence of organisms, seasonal changes. (9 th -12 th grade: Aquascience elective- content standard 7) Determine the effects of the fishing industry on the aquatic environment.
Examples; overfishing (9 th -12 th grade: Aquascience elective- content standard 8) Describe the control of disease and pests in aquatic environments. Examples: parasites, predators, trash fish (9 th -12 th grade: Aquascience elective- content standard 10) Select appropriate equipment for scientific field investigations in marine environments. Identify patterns and relationships from collected data. (9 th -12 th grade: Marine Biology elective- content standard 1) Recognize interactions between the atmosphere and the ocean. Describe how waves, ocean currents, and tides are generated. (9-12 th grade: Marine Biology elective- content standard 4) Discuss physical and chemical properties of saltwater. Examples: Physical- turbidity, temperature, density Chemical- salinity, ph, dissolved gases (9-12 th grade: Marine Biology elective- content standard 5) Describe components of major marine ecosystems, including estuaries and open-ocean communities. (9-12 th grade: Marine Biology elective- content standard 6) Identify patterns and interrelationships among producers, consumers, scavengers, and decomposers in a marine ecosystem. (9-12 th grade: Marine Biology elective- content standard 7) Describe characteristics of marine plant and algae divisions. (9-12 th grade: Marine Biology elective- content standard 8)